inside Stella’s head

I had an interview on Monday. I haven’t heard yet if I have made it on to round two… I hate waiting… It is still possible that I am moving on to the next round. I will do better at updating if I do. I realize I should have updated sooner about having the interview. I guess I didn’t want to say anything in case nothing comes of it… Job hunting is not fun. I have talked before about the difficulties of figuring out one’s future. I would love to just know where I am supposed to be and what I need to do to get there…. The job that I interviewed for is in DC. This made me think about moving and what that would involve.

Ikea… Oh how I love thee. I do not own anything from Ikea… However my ideal life will involve Ikea furniture. I have spent some time looking at various items on the website. I think in the end it depends on when I start my ideal life and the situations around that life. Do I have a house, an apartment, a roommate, a partner, a girlfriend? Many questions that will have to be answered before hand. Currently I have none of those things. And no plans to have my own space anytime soon… A better job is needed first. I really want to design a house with Ikea closets… If you have never gone and looked at the closets go to the Ikea store nearest you. It is amazing. And they do so many room set ups. You can just walk around the store and dream about what your life would be like in each of these places. It is fun. The library rooms are great. I really want one of those. I need to take a trip to the Ikea store soon… That will be fun.

I live in Ohio. It has been extremely humid this week. Like insane humidity levels. I think it was like 80% this week. That has not been fun. I have been super hot. Actually Thursday I was so hot sitting in the living room watching tv that I decided to go outside and spray myself with the water hose. I did. And it was glorious. I just kind of sprayed the water up in the air and it was like being in a summer rain shower. If it would have been a real rain shower the weather would have gotten better. Thankfully that happened later that night.

I went and saw the hangover this morning. It was hilarious. I laughed so hard. Seriously hilarious. You should go see it.

Ok I am going to bed. Have a great rest of the weekend.

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Above is a clip of Food, Inc.  and below that is a link to find a theater near you.  You need to watch this movie.  Our food is killing us.  Ok I know that sounds crazy and I may sound like a crazy organic hippie.  But seriously… The food we eat is making us sick.  I know it is easy to turn a blind eye and just go to McDonalds.  Do you even know how much corn you consume a day?  I am sure you have no idea.  I didn’t.  I thought well I didn’t eat any corn so none.  When in fact everything I was drinking and eating was made of corn.  I have many articles on this topic.  And have become someone obsessed with it.  I mean yes I still consume some food that isn’t ideal.  But I have switched to water.  Thus the Nalgene fun.  In the end the main goal is to switch over to food that comes from the ground or has a mother.  Part of the problem with just doing that is that most of the meat is corn fed.  The cycle is insane.  The movie comes to Cincinnati on July 10th.  That is the closest that it gets to Miamisburg. 

Ok watch the clip — don’t let me scare you.  And then discuss it.  I need someone to come and watch it with me!  

So it has been a year since I worked for Hillary…  I kind of just let the date pass by with out even paying attention.  Some staffers in DC had a 1 year later party.  But here in Ohio it would be a sad party of myself…  It is so strange that it has been a year.  I still think about the trips like they just happened.  19 different states in 14.5 months…  I miss it.  I think that “job” is having a lasting effect on me.  I can’t get it out of my head.  I can’t figure out what to do now that would be as meaningful in my life as working for Hillary Clinton.  

Kristina is back in Hawaii.  You can follow her blog at http://kgaible.wordpress.com  she has fun stories from grad school and Hawaii.  She doesn’t have stories of Volcanoes though.  There are no live ones on her island.    But the blog is fun despite the lack of hot lava!  ;) Just picking on you Kris!  

The books I am currently listening to are by Janet Evanocich.  They are the Stephanie Plum series.  If you too want to read them they are the number books.  1 for the money. 2 for the dough.  3 to get ready. 4 to score… to fearless 14.  They are fun and are making my job slightly more enjoyable.  

I need to get a hair cut.  Maybe I will do that tomorrow.  We will see.  Alright I am going to go to bed.  I know I am lame on a Friday night.  It is ok.  

My friend Kristina is heading back to Hawaii in the morning.  I wish I was going too.  I want to see volcanoes though and she doesn’t live on the island.  Or so she keeps telling me.  I keep asking to make sure she isn’t lying.  Hahaha.  She has been unable to produce any volcano merchandise so she might be telling the truth.  She did find one cigar with a volcano picture on it.  I am planning to go out next may for her grad school graduation.  During that time we are going to take a Hawaiian cruise so we can see the volcanoes and the black sand beaches.  We should be able to see all the islands depending on which cruise we take and for how long. 

Now on to the topic of pens.  I work a temp job.  It is for a large company.  They spend a great deal of money on crappy pens.  There are loads of them.  I keep running them out of ink.  It is troubling.  I actually brought a pencil back to my desk so the next time one quits I can just give up on them too.  If it was just me and there was no chance of the pens being stolen by another cube groundhog then I might take nice ones in.  But frankly I don’t want to buy pens and then use them at work.  I have a small obsession with office supplies.  It is kind of bad so I don’t talk about it.  I do prefer pens that would get ink on my hands to ones that you have to force ink out of.  Those are just not worth the time or effort. 

I had a fairly uneventful weekend and so far the week hasn’t been too exciting. 

Today is Election Day in Virginia.  There are a couple of primary fights there that I am watching.  I may discuss them after I can review the data. 

Until next time!  Go vote VA!

This has been a long week.  I haven’t gotten enough sleep and should be heading to bed soon.  First I wanted to talk about some things.  And Sally says I am not blogging enough!  So I am getting to it.  

1.  Should I learn how to box?  Like boxing with gloves and a heavy bag etc.  No I don’t want to go get in fights.  It is more I want to get some muscle strength and lose some weight.  I have wanted to start boxing for a while now.  I have a new friend that I might take classes with.  There is a gym here in Dayton that does lessons.  So discuss is this something I should try?

2. Random books.  I need some more book ideas.  If you have any audio book selections that I should try let me know. This week I listened two a Lee Child book, two of Hemingway’s finest, and started a new John Grisham book.  So the list I have listened to this far is:

My Life by Bill Clinton

The Appeal by John Grisham

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Playing for Pizza by John Grisham

Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

And I just started The Testament by John Grisham

So if you have any ideas of what I should read let me know.  I enjoy crime dramas and interesting books. 

I applied for a couple of DC jobs today.  I am not sure I want to be in DC.  But DC is where the interesting jobs are.  I haven’t been able to find anything here in Ohio.  Thankfully I have this temp job.  It is expanding my list of books read… or listened to.  If you get a chance you should listen to the Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway.  Charlton Heston reads it.  Very interesting.  I like the voices.  It makes the stories so much more fun.  Also I retain more if the stories are read to me than if I read them myself.  And I don’t really have the energy to read when I get home.  This job is wearing me out.  And the fact that I am so tired and it isn’t even 1 am is kind of sad.  Just over a month ago this would have been nothing.  I would have been up till almost 6am.  Now that is when I am getting up for work.  

3.  Nalgene bottles…  I bought one a couple of weeks ago to take with me to work.  I needed something with a big opening to fit ice and lemons though.  And I wanted something with a lid that screwed on to prevent leaks.  I bought a blue one.  Well I left it at my friend’s house on Sunday.  And Monday she called me to tell me that it had busted and gotten her carpet wet.  Somehow when I froze it and it decided to break the bottom.  I didn’t really think they broke.  So this was kind of crazy.  So Monday I asked my facebook and gchat crowd if I was a hippie.  You see I associate Nalgene bottles with hippies.  I know it isn’t a big stretch and now you can see it too So I was kind of questioning getting anther one.  I ended up going out right after work and buying a new one.  This time I also bought the sipper lid insert so that I don’t soak myself.  It seems to be working very nicely.  You see I have been drinking water.  Something a few years ago I would have told you I hated and that it made me sick to drink it.  I am getting much better.  I now drink it all day after my two cups of coffee in the morning.  I even order water with meals… I know crazy.  But I am trying to quit drinking pop all together.  I am doing much better and only drinking it with certain meals.  Mostly pizza and wings.  Summer makes it easier since pop makes you thirsty.  They are so smart in their technology.  The main reason for giving up the pop is the high fructose corn syrup.  That stuff is the devil.  It is so hard to get away from it.  Everything is fed corn.  I love corn.  But it is in everything.  And it is one of the big reasons everyone in America is getting fat.  I realize that it isn’t the only reason.  But it is not helping.  Corn is best right off the cob so your body can process it.  

I could go on and on about food.  I learned so much about it last year from the hippies.  That is right I worked with them and spread their message…  And many time hippies are attracted to me…  I have a hippie loving vibe I give off I think.  It is strange and I am trying to get that vibe fixed.  ;)  

So today was about not getting enough sleep, boxing, books, and hippies…  sign up for the RSS feed so you know when the next blog is coming.  You never know I could get quicker!  Have a great weekend!